The end of the year is a lovely time when everyone decides to share their Best Of lists that usually end up looking like the same and all, but I do love it for all of its great end-of-the-year mixtapes and releases. So here’s another edition of Five Mixes Are Better Than One to celebrate! […]
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One of my favourite groups I used to listen to back when I was 14 was Bugz In The Attic. The album Back in the Doghouse was a staple piece in giving me one of the best summers I’ve ever had, with Knocks Me Off My Feet being possibly in my top 50 songs ever. […]
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Guys before I start writing about some tunes all I want to say is protect your hearing and protect it good. Woke up from a night out this morning not being able to hear hardly anything from my left ear and I seriously thought I’d damaged my hearing in that ear for good. Turns out […]
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For a multitude of reasons I’ve been listening to a lot of rap lately – obviously there are a few albums that I play pretty regularly just because they’re awesome and I never get bored of them (Ready To Die, Illmatic, Capital Punishment) – but I’ve just been playing a lot more of everything lately. […]
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Shawty Mane right here, he’s got everything we need. Only three days in but this must be the realest thing to come out in 2011 already. Who hasn’t dreamt of getting their hands on a good dubstep remix of Justin Bieber‘s One Time? Let’s not lie, the young teen idol has been on everyone’s 2010 list, […]
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If you thought this was going to be about Obama, guess again. I’m talking about Fela Kuti (1938-1997), the Nigerian musician slash activist, going by his well deserved nickname ‘The Black President‘, amongst other nicknames like ‘Baba 70‘ and ‘Abami Eda‘. No sweat if you’ve never heard of him, or any of his aliases for […]
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Slowly but surely everyone is recovering from their December comas. Alas, a quick summary of 2010. UK Funky became a name for everything with bass and a touch of house, and people started labeling music “future-garage” and “post-dubstep”. I’m not even sure if I want to continue running Truants anymore if this continues. Lest we forget the wonderful […]
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Of all the Christmas presents that artist and DJ’s handed out as a free download this year Addison Grooves Footcrab VIP is definitely one of my favourites. Thought I’d post this up now considering two of our fellow TRUANTS are getting a little bit ‘hyphy’ at the thought of seeing Ramadanman, Untold, Ben UFO and […]
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The Jealous Guys are back again, but what do you expect? These guys are destined to do big things. This time round they’re here with the recently leaked “Love You So” taken from the the eagerly anticipated “The Love” Mixtape and god it’s good. The production for this particular track comes from a fairly mysterious […]
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My new hobby is watching beat makers battle, specifically on Red Bull Big Tune contest. It’s not just about the music, they dance too, oh boy do they dance (some better than others). But it made me realise that we often don’t put enough of a spotlight on the producers of Hip-Hop tracks, we can’t […]
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Merry Christmas! Our man Brodinski ends the year in a tasteful way, giving away his second Best Of Everything compilation for absolutely free. Some of these tracks might already sound familiar to you, such as the incredible French Fries remix of Amerie’s One Thing, or Bok Bok’s take on the Lil’ Scrappy single Look At […]
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I’ve got to ask, is there something they put in the water in Spain? Lately I’ve come across so many talented artists and wonderful labels that call Spain home, in all fairness it ain’t fair. They won the World Cup, Nadal won Wimbledon, Alberto Contador won the Tour de France, other Spaniards won other things. […]
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